Strong's Lexicon
G4437
G4437 — πυκνός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4437 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πυκνός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from a primary pux (the fist as a weapon) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | puknos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pook-nos' |
| Meaning: | 1. clasped (thick) 2. (figuratively) frequent 3. (neuter plural, as adverb) frequently |
| KJV Renderings: | often(-er) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πυκνός, πυκνη, πυκνόν (ΠΥΚΩ, see πυγμή), from Homer down, thick, dense, compact; in reference to time, frequent, often recurring (so in Greek writings from Aeschylus down), 1Ti 5:23; neuter plural πυκνά, as adverb (Winers Grammar, 463 (432); Buttmann, § 128, 2), vigorously, diligently (?(cf. Morison as in πυγμή)), Mar 7:3 Tdf.; often, Luk 5:33; πυκνότερον, more frequently, the oftener, Act 24:26.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πυκνός (often(-er))
Luke 5:33
- KJV: they said unto him Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers and likewise of the Pharisees but thine eat and drink
- GK: οι δε είπον προς αυτόν διατί οι μαθηταί Ιωάννου νηστεύουσι πυκνά και δεήσεις ποιούνται ομοίως και οι των Φαρισαίων οι δε σοι εσθίουσι και πίνουσιν
Acts 24:26
- KJV: He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul that he might loose him wherefore he sent for him the oftener and communed with him
- GK: άμα δε και ελπίζων ότι χρήματα δοθήσεται αυτώ υπό του Παύλου όπως λύση αυτόν διό και πυκνότερον αυτόν μεταπεμπόμενος ωμίλει αυτώ
1 Timothy 5:23
- KJV: Drink no longer water but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities
- GK: μηκέτι υδροπότει αλλ΄ οίνω ολίγω χρώ διά τον στόμαχόν σου και τας πυκνάς σου ασθενείας